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<blockquote data-quote="Arnold Ziffle" data-source="post: 89252" data-attributes="member: 43"><p>A good dozer "operator", as opposed to a dozer "driver" can do a heck of a lot of work for you in a couple of days, depending on how many big trees he has to push. But if it has only been lying fallow for 5 years and if you don't want to go the dozer route you could consider the following (it is what I did with a very similar situation) if you think it makes sense in your particular situation:</p><p></p><p>Get a good heavy duty 6' shredder with a clutch, like a Rhino and about a 50 PTO horse power tractor (you'll want or need similar equipment anyway). I'd bet that on much of the 40 acres you could just pass over it with the shredder just like when doing a normal pasture pass, albeit in a slower gear and maybe cutting a little higher off the ground. Then on the bigger trees & brush, get your shredder high in the air, back up to the individual brush or tree, get your revs up and then slowly lower the shredder as it grinds away, down to about a few inches off the ground. Put Remedy/diesel mixture on what's left of the trunk. That might leave you with a relatively few pretty large diameter trees and/or overgrown brush. Leave some of the desireable one's for pasture shade, scenery, wildlife habitat, etc. and then manually chain saw out the others. Apply Remedy/diesel to the cut stump surface and down the sides of the stump within a few minutes of cutting (say 30 minutes max). Also, its getting to be the time of year that it is pretty darn hot for a weekender that's not "in shape" for such activity to be chainsawing trees while wearing proper hearing protection, hardhat, etc. So if you go that route do it soon --- and do it early am or late pm, or just leave it till winter.</p><p></p><p>Take lots of before, during and after pictures. It doesn't all have to get done in a few weeks or even months. Work hard at it -- but Enjoy it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Arnold Ziffle, post: 89252, member: 43"] A good dozer "operator", as opposed to a dozer "driver" can do a heck of a lot of work for you in a couple of days, depending on how many big trees he has to push. But if it has only been lying fallow for 5 years and if you don't want to go the dozer route you could consider the following (it is what I did with a very similar situation) if you think it makes sense in your particular situation: Get a good heavy duty 6' shredder with a clutch, like a Rhino and about a 50 PTO horse power tractor (you'll want or need similar equipment anyway). I'd bet that on much of the 40 acres you could just pass over it with the shredder just like when doing a normal pasture pass, albeit in a slower gear and maybe cutting a little higher off the ground. Then on the bigger trees & brush, get your shredder high in the air, back up to the individual brush or tree, get your revs up and then slowly lower the shredder as it grinds away, down to about a few inches off the ground. Put Remedy/diesel mixture on what's left of the trunk. That might leave you with a relatively few pretty large diameter trees and/or overgrown brush. Leave some of the desireable one's for pasture shade, scenery, wildlife habitat, etc. and then manually chain saw out the others. Apply Remedy/diesel to the cut stump surface and down the sides of the stump within a few minutes of cutting (say 30 minutes max). Also, its getting to be the time of year that it is pretty darn hot for a weekender that's not "in shape" for such activity to be chainsawing trees while wearing proper hearing protection, hardhat, etc. So if you go that route do it soon --- and do it early am or late pm, or just leave it till winter. Take lots of before, during and after pictures. It doesn't all have to get done in a few weeks or even months. Work hard at it -- but Enjoy it. [/QUOTE]
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